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• Texas Rangers 'actively investigating missing person case' in northeast Travis County

  18-06-2025 23:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to KXAN the Texas Rangers are "actively investigating a missing person case" in northeast Travis County on Wednesday.DPS said the Texas Rangers responded to Cameron Road and Blue Goose Road "in coordination with the Austin Police Department" connected with the investigation.A heavy presence of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were seen in the area by a KXAN photojournalist and will update this article as we receive more i
  
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• SEC reveals matchups for Texas men's hoops, Horns to host defending national champs

  18-06-2025 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Southeastern Conference sees the value in traditional rivalries on the hardwood.The conference released opponents and sites for the Texas Longhorns men's basketball teamWednesday, and they'll play a home-and-home series with both Texas A&M and Oklahoma in the regular season. Georgia is the other team Texas will face twice in the 2025-26 season. Longhorns hoops to host big ACC opponentsTexas' new head coach Sean Miller, center, with his wife Amy, pose for photos are
  
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• Transgender Texans react to SCOTUS ruling on care ban for minors

  18-06-2025 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  The video at the top of this story is from Jan. 7, 2025.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning doctors from prescribing transition-related medicines to minors. Transgender people living in Austin told KXAN their thoughts about the ruling.The 6-3 ruling, along party lines, likely also applies to Texas' 2023 ban and to similar laws in 26 other states. OutLaw: Helping or hurting trans kids? Health care fight continues after lawThe court d
  
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• Texas lawmakers send letter to Tesla asking to delay robotaxi rollout in Austin

  18-06-2025 23:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- A group of Texas lawmakers sent a letter to Tesla urging the company to delay its robotaxi operations in Austin. Tesla reportedly planned to launch the self-driving service on Sunday, June 22.The letter said the Texas Legislature approved a revision to the state's 2017 autonomous vehicle operations framework. It mentioned how this new law goes into effect this September.
  "Under the new framework, commercial autonomous vehicle operators transporting passengers or property must r
  
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• Full results from largest-ever survey of transgender Americans released

  18-06-2025 22:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Findings from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) released on June 11 show a "snapshot" of transgender Americans' lives.More that 92,000 people -- with over 84,000 of those being adults -- completed the survey. That's increased from the nearly 28,000 respondents on the 2015 survey. 2022: U.S. Transgender Survey seeks accurate picture of transgender life in AmericaThe study comes from nonprofit organization Advocates for Trans Equality, or A4TE, which was created after the 202
  
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• Lago Vista leaders point to groups 'undermining' water conservation efforts as LCRA drafts new plan

  18-06-2025 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- City councilmembers from the town of Lago Vista are worried that "larger users" relying on water from Lake Travis are "undermining regional drought response efforts", according to a new resolution passed by the city on June 9."Lago Vista is surrounded by water on three sides. We're a peninsula. We see the lake every day. We know how low it is," said Shane Saum, a city councilman with Lago Vista.The city, located west of Austin and on Lake Travis, relies on the lake as its primar
  
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• Kyle moves forward with water storage strategy with new project

  18-06-2025 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On June 3, the Kyle City Council approved a contract for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project.“Once fully developed, the ASR system will provide Kyle with a sustainable solution for balancing seasonal fluctuations in water demand, storing excess water during wetter, low-use months, and recovering it during times of peak need. Water can be stored underground for months or even decades, offering long-term reliability and resiliency for the City's water supply,&
  
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• National parks will be free to enter on Thursday: Here's why

  18-06-2025 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation's national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates Juneteenth.The day is known by many names — Black Independence Day, Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day — but the reason to celebrate it remains the same throughout: commemoration of the day that the last African Americans learned they were no longer enslaved people.President Abraham Lincoln had already signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which
  
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• Joe Biden to attend Juneteenth celebration at historic Texas church

  18-06-2025 19:16 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas.The former Democratic president's plans were confirmed by a person with knowledge of them but not authorized to discuss logistics publicly.In 2021, Biden signed legislation that established Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The day marks the end of slavery by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom t
  
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• Addison Rae kicking off US tour in Austin

  18-06-2025 18:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Singer, dancer, actress and social media personality Addison Rae is kicking off her U.S. tour in Austin at ACL Live at The Moody Theater on Sept. 22, according to Rae's website.This is part of Rae's global tour, "Addison," which will kick off in Europe with eight shows before she brings it to the live music capital of the world.Tickets for the public will be available for purchase at 10 a.m. on June 20, according to her website.This tour comes after Rae's first album, "Addison,"
  
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• Why has the Atlantic Basin been so quiet in June?

  18-06-2025 17:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Hurricane season started several weeks ago; however, the Atlantic Basin remains quiet. There have been a few tropical waves, but several factors are keeping any tropical cyclones from developing. Why haven't there been any storms so far? Tropical tracker: Timeline of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane SeasonSaharan DustMultiple plumes of Saharan Dust have swept from Africa, across the Atlantic Basin and the Gulf of America this month, carried by trade winds. BLOG: Saharan dust continue
  
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• PHOTOS: Fort Hood name restored, Fort Cavazos signage removed

  18-06-2025 17:39 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: In the video above, the nephew of General Cavazos talks about Army base name change back to Fort HoodTEXAS (KXAN) — The signage of the Bernie Beck Gate has once again changed as the former name of the Texas Army base in Killeen was reinstated.Fort Hood (formerly Fort Cavazos) was renamed for the second time in two years in honor of Colonel Robert B. Hood for his heroism during World War I. It was previously named after Confederate General John Bell Hood.President Donald Trum
  
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• Council Member Ellis announces run for reelection, challenged by former EMS union president

  18-06-2025 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Both Austin City Council Member Paige Ellis and Selena Xie, an Austin-Travis County EMS commander and the former president of the Austin EMS Association, announced they will run for the Austin City Council District 8 seat next year.“As a frontline worker, I don’t work from home—and I don’t think our City Council should either,” Xie said Wednesday. “I came to the decision to run after meeting with numerous district residents from many diff
  
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• New Braunfels man sentenced to 7 years after sexual assault 

  18-06-2025 16:53 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN)-- A New Braunfels man was found guilty on June 12 after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman, a Hays County Criminal District Attorney press release revealed. Benjamin Cearley, 28, of New Braunfels, was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and sentenced to seven years in prison, the Hays County DA said.Evidence brought in during trial revealed that Cearley was an acquaintance of the victim, had given her a ride home after work, and assaulted her in
  
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• Indian national on student visa sentenced in Austin on money laundering charges

  18-06-2025 16:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said an Indian national living in the U.S. on a student visa was sentenced on a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.According to the DOJ, 20-year-old Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, of Navsari, Gujarat, received a 63-month sentence for the charge.The justice department said Patel helped defraud elderly victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold from July 2024 through August 2024.“The conspiracy u
  
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• Austin airport unveils new International Arrivals area

  18-06-2025 12:45 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to reflect the cost/budget for this specific project at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the massive multi-billion-dollar expansion continues at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), a major milestone happened Wednesday."The project represents an investment of approximately $13.8 million, funded through traditional airport development sources, including airport cash reserves, current and future airport revenues,
  
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